Refrigerator



No. 6l7,l44. Patented Jan. 3, I899. P. L. CRON. REFRIGERATOR(Application filed Sept. 2, 1897.]

2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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INVEN TOR WITNESSES.

THE ucnms Perms co. Puotuuma, WASHINOYONY n c.

P. L. (IRON.

REFRIGERATOR.

(Application filed Sept. 2, 1897.)

' No. e|7,|44. Patented Jan. 3, I899. I (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

WITNESSES.

INVEN TOR TNE NORRIS PETERS co, mom-urns WASHINGTON. n. c,

PETER L. ORON, OF ELIZABETH, NEIV JERSEY.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,144, dated January3, 1899.

Application fi September 2, 1897. Serial No. 650,322 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER L. CRON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRefrigerators, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and more particularly to aclass thereof which is adapted for general use, as in private houses.

The object of my invention is to provide a refrigerator that will reduceto a minimum the amount of ice required in maintaining a low temperaturetherein without diminishing the shelf-room and one which will be soarranged as to have every part thereof conveniently situated.

A further object is to provide a refrigerator which will be simple inconstruction, efficient in practice, and inexpensive to manufacture.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and described,and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedrefrigerator, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a planView of the inner chamber with covers removed, and Fig. 5 is a top viewof said inner chamber.

In the practice of my invention I provide a refrigerator which comprisesan outer casing a, which is preferably cylindrical in form and which ispreferably provided with a packing, as in ordinary refrigerators, andwhich is divided into an upper chamber a and a lower chamber a thelatter being designed to re ceive the water from the melting ice. Theupper and lower chambers are separated by transverse partitions a,in thecenter of which is formed a cup-shaped receptacle a and the casing a isprovided at one side with a door I), which is preferably supplied with awindow b in order to render the interior of the refrigerator visiblewithout the necessity of opening said door, and a suitable cover cl isalso provided for said casing, the connection between which and thecasing is preferably air-tight. Mounted in the cup-shaped receptacle ais a conical support j, which is provided in its upper side with anannular groove in which are placed ball-bearings, and in the upperchamber a is mounted a rotary frame or casing f the central portion ofwhich serves as an ice-receiver and the bottom of which is provided witha hearing which rests on said ball-bearings. The said casingf isprovided with a series of radial vertical partitions forming separatecompartments around the central ice-receiver g, 9 and 9 &c., and saidpartitions are provided with flanges h, 71 and h &c. which are adaptedto support shelves 10 10 &;c., and in order to prevent these shelvesfrom sliding outwardly and interfering with the rotation of the frame fI provide a series of hooks m, attached, respectively, to each shelf andadapted to connect the same with any suitable support connected with orformed on said frame f The central ice-receiver of the rotary frame isalso provided with a suitable air-tight cover f and in order to preventthe entrance of warm air into all of the compartments of said framesimultaneously when the door is open the outer edge of the walls of eachof the compartments g g 9 &c., is provided with a strip of leather orother suitable packing.

The conical support fis provided with a downwardly-directed tubular axlef which is open at its lower end and through which passes a waste-pipen,which passes upwardly through the bottom of the rotary frame f so asto forma communication between the compartments in said frame and thebottom compartment aithrough which the water from the melting ice runs,and rigidly connected with the lower end of the axle f is aratchet-wheel 0, provided with a pawl 0 and actuated by means of a leverprovided with a pawl adapted to engage the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 0,and said lever is connected with the axle f by means of a collar of,which is adapted to turn on said axle. The axle f is preferablyconnected with the rotary frame f by means of a series of cavitiesformed in the cupshaped support f,witl1 which said axle is connected anda pin secured to the bottom of the rotary frame adapted to. enter any ofsaid cavities. (See Fig. 4:.)

The lower chamber 0, is preferably supplied with a faucet p, by means ofwhich the water may be drawn therefrom, and I also preferably providethe rotary frame f with suitable handles s, by means of which it may beentirely withdrawn from the chamber (L The exposed surface of theshelves 7.". 70 70 &c., is preferably made of tubing so split at theends as to permit of the insertion therein of the ends of the flanges h71 71. &c., and the operation of my improved refrigerator will bereadily understood from the foregoing description when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the following statementthereof.

The articles may be placed in the compartments 9 g g &c., by simplyremoving the lids cl and f or by opening the door in the casing a, andthe water is carried into the bottom chamber a through the pipe 71., aswill be readily understood.

When it is desired to remove anything from the refrigerator, the rotaryframe is turned so as to bring the compartments containing the articleto be removed in line with the door I), this operation beingaccomplished by means of the ratchet-wheel 0 and the lever 0 and whenthe door is opened the packing at the edges of the compartments in linetherewith will prevent the air from passing into the other compartments.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention bymeans of a device which is simple in construction and operation, and itwill be apparent that changes in and modifications of the constructionherein described may be made without departing from the spirit of myinvention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A refrigerator, comprising a cylindrical casingdivided near its lower end by a transverse partition into upper andlower compart-. ments, said casing being also provided in one side witha door, a conical support mounted centrally of said partition andprovided with a downwardly-directed tubular axle which passestherethrough, a rotary frame mounted on said support and provided with acentral vertical ice-receiver, a tube passing vertically through saidsupport, the axle thereof, and the bottom of the said rotary frame, andmeans for rotating said frame,substantially as shown and described.

2. A refrigerator, comprising a main outer casing having a door at oneside thereof, a rotatable frame mounted therein and provided centrallywith a vertical ice-receiver, and having vertical radial partitionsaround the ice-receiver whereby separate vertical compartments areformed, said compartments being provided with shelves, and said verticalradial partitions also carrying on their outer edges packing-stripsfitting against the inner wall of the casing, whereby the compartmentopposite the door will be the only one exposed to the outer air when thedoor is open, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day of August,1897.

PETER L. (IRON.

Witnesses:

WALTER M. FRoLUvEIR, J AMES A. LAURIE.

